Coin-collector.



W. F. HOSFORD.

COIN COLLECTOR. APPLICATION FILED JULY 30, 1912.

1,076,285, Patented Oct. 21, 1913.

WILLIAM r. ncssosn, or we cine-lee, incisors,

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Speeiocetion or. Letters E'ateut.

Patented Oct. 21, 1913.

application filed July 39, 1912. Serial No. I'12,327.

550 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VVILLIAM F. Hosrczzn, :1 citizen of United States,residing at ll st Chicago, in the county of Dupug'e and State ofIllinois, have invented e certain new and useful Improvement inCoiirGollectors, of which the following is a full, clear, concise, andexactdescription.

This invention relates to coin collectors and is particularly adaptedfor use in con-- nection with telephone systems, although its use is notexclusively limited to this field of operation.

The general object of this invention is to provide a new and improvedform of toil mechanism for a coin collector which will deposit or refundthe coin. and which is simple in construction and eh'icient and reliablein operation.

The invention will be fully understood from the following descriptiontaken in connection with the accompanying drawings in which theinvention is shown in its proterred form.

In the drawings,--Figure 1 is a side elevation of the mechanism with theouter wall of the coin chute removed, the dotted lines indicating thewalls of the coin runways carried by the outer wall of the chute; Fig. 2is u side elevation of the mechanism compris ing this invention withboth walls of the coin chute removed; and Fig. 3 is u perspective viewof the arresting. circuit closing, and coin directing mechanism.

To the back plate 5 is secured a coin chute 6 which consists of theusual coin receptacle 7, zigzag channel 8, W-nath 9, deposit chunnel 10and refund channel 11 separated by a partition 12 carried by the outerwall of the coin chute, and refund cup 13. The cash boxv is locatedbehind and below the deposit channel 10 and is not shown in detail inany ofthe figures, since it forms no part of this invention and itsvarious forms are well known in the art. The coin chute, cash box andthe mechanisms hereinafter do scribed are inclosed in it rotectinghousing, preferably of iron, fastened to the back plate A polarizedelectromsgnet is firmly cured to the coin chute 6 by means of screws l4,l5 and lb and comprises coils 17 and 18 and an armature 19. The armatureI9 is DlVOlllly supported between the pointed direction of motion of thearmature.

screws i 8 and is adapted to be turned in either ction about its axis,depending upon the direction of current through the coils l? and 38. Aframe member '27 is like wise pivotally sawported by the screws and 26and is provided with rearwardly projecting lugs 28 and 29. The framemember 27 is so located with respect to the armature 19 that the lug 28or 29 is struck thereby af ter the armature has rotated slightly in onedirection or the other. During the remainder of itsmovement, thearmature carries with it the frame 27. This construction allows thearmature 19 to gain some momentum before'picking up its load and makesthe mechanism positive in its operation. This arrangement is, however,no part of the present invention.

Firmly secured to the frame member 27, is a downwardly projecting arm orlever 30. This arm 30 carries a removable support for arresting the coinin its downward movement and a directing mechanism. The support consistsof a forwardly projecting member or slide 81 which projects through therear wall of the chute into the coin rI 1 nwav. The slide 31 ispivotally supported and carried by the lever 30 through the agency of apin 32, and is given a forward or backward movement, depending upon thethe outer end of the slide 31 is a curved pro jection 88 which normallylies in the coin runway, and against which the coin rests. If thearmature is so tilted that the right end thereof moves toward the front,the slide 31 is pushed outwardly thereby moving the projection 33 out ofthe runway and allowing a coin to pass down behind the said projection.If on the other hand, the armature is actuated so that the ripht endthereof moves in a rearwardly directlon, the slide 31. is pulled fromthe chute allowing the coin to drop down in front of the rojection 38.On one side of the axial p one of the movable armature, the lever 30carrice the forwardly projectin pin 35 normolly extending across the cute. 'On the other side of the'axial plane ofthe armature, the lever 30carries the forwardly projecting pin 36 likewise normally extendingacross the coin chute. 'VVhen the armature is actuated so that the rightend thereof moves in a forward direction, the pinBfi is forced fartherwithin the chute to guard the deposit channel 10, and the pin 35 iscompletelywithdraw'n fromthe chute thereby permitting the released cointo be deflected, by the directing pin 36,to the left of the partition 12into the refund channel 11 and thence to the refund cup 13. If, on theother hand, the armature is rotated so that the right end thereof movesin a rearward direction, the pin 35 moves into the chute to guard therefund channel while the pin 36 is completely withdrawn from the chute,permitting the released coin to be deflected, by the directing pin 35,to the right of the partition 12 into the deposit channel 10 and thenceto the cash box.

In a' horizontal line with the projection 33 of the slide 31 is a lever37 pivoted at 38.

The projection 33 and the lever 37 are so situated and spaced thata coinof the proper size moving down the zig-zag channel 8 from the coinreceptacle 7 lodges between them and is held in this position untilreleased by the operator energizing the coils 17 and 18. The weight ofthe coin rotates the lever 37 about'its axis 38 and two contact springs39' and 40 insulated from the frame and from each other, lie in such aposition that the spring 39 is struck by the lever 37 in its movementabout the pivot 38 and is moved into engagement with the spring 40. Thelever 37 may be insulated from the springs by an insulating pin 41carried thereby. The springs 39 and 40 constitute a normally opencontact in the signal circuit; and it is evident that with this construction the signal circuit does not pass through the coin or throughthe frame of the mechanism, and that this circuit is consequentlypositively and dependably controlled.

The lever 30 also carries a lug 45 which projects behind the directingpin 36; and this lug 45 is provided on its top side with a V-shaped slot46 having shoulders 47 and 48 on each side thereof. The lever 37 isprovided with a long laterally projecting arm 49 which is normally heldin the V- shaped slot 46 by the action of gravity and the. retractileforce of the spring 39. When the armature is rotated in eitherdirection, and the lever 30 is thereby moved, the arm 49 rides out ofthe V-shaped slot 46 and rests upon either the shoulder 47 or 48depending upon the dircction in which the armature is moved. Thearm 49is. thus held in an elevated position-causing the lever 37 to hold thecontact springs 39 and 40 together until the armature 19 resumes itsnormal position. Thus, the continuance of the signal, until theoperators key is released, is insured and the possible catching ot' acoin between the outside wall of the chute and one of the directing pinsdue to the armature snapping back to normal position upon the release ofthe coin is pre vented.

In case a coin of a size smaller than that which is required isdeposited, it will not be held between supporting lever 37 and.projecting slide 31 but will pass between these to the left of thepartition 12 into the refund channel 11 and refund cup 13. If a coin isin the arrested position between the supports 31 and 37 and another coinis placed in the receptacle 7 and released, it will strike the top ofthe arrested coin and be deflected into the by-path 9 to the refundchannel 11 and refund cup 13.

I claim:

1. In a telephone toll mechanism, a coin chute, supports for temporarilyarresting a coin therein, circuit closing contacts actuated by a coin insaid temporarily arrested position, directing means projecting into saidchute, and an electromagnet for removing one of said supports andoperating said directing means.

2. In a telephone toll mechanism, a coin chute, supports for temporarilyarresting a coin therein, one of said supports being removable from thechute, circuit closing means actuated by a coin in its temporarilyarrested position, coin directing means projecting into said chute, andan electromagnct for actuating said removable support and controllingsaid directing means.

3. In a telephone toll mechanism, a coin chute, circuit closing meansprojecting into said chute, supports for temporarily arresting a cointherein, one support being removable from the chute and the other beingoperable by a coin for actuating said circuit closing means, directingmeans for the coin distinct from said supporting means, anelectromagnet, and an operative connection between said electromagnetand said removable support and said directing means.

4. In a telephone toll mechanism, a coin chute; circuit closing means;supports for temporarily arresting a coin in said chute, one of saidsupports being removable and the other being operable by a coin in itstemporarily arrested position to actuate said circuit closing means; twocoin directing means both being removable from said chute; anclectromagnet; and means operable by said electromagnct and connected tosaid removable support and directing means for actuating said removablesupport and controlling said directing means.

5. In a coin collector for a telephone, a coin chute, circuit closingmeans, two supports and two directing means projecting within said chuteone of said supports being removable from the chute and the other beingoperable by a coin to actuate said circuit closing mcaus,-auelccti'omagnct, and means operable by said clectromagnet and con-'nected to said removable support and directmg means for removing theremovable sup port from the chute and actuating said (lira-ling means.

G. In a coin collector for a telephone, a coin (:liuie, eirruit elosingmeans operable by a coin in said chute, suppi'irl's for Li-nip 1 'arilyarresting a coin. therein one of said supports being removable, meansfor direct ing t 1 coin after lhe same is released by said reziiovablesupport, an eloc-tromagnet an armatn re therefor, and means operalivelyconnevling said armature and said Support and directing me: n; wherebysaid removable support and dimming means are ronlrolled and said oircuiiclosing means are, locked in operative, position 7. In a coin colleeiorfor a telephone, a 00in chine, a leser operatei'l by a coin {hero in,oireuit closing means operable by said lever, a removable support(cooperating with a i l lever for arresting a coin in operative i anonto said lever, directing n'ieair in said cl'inle, an oleclrmnagnet, anarmaiure operated thereby, and a lever operated by Said armature in itsJYlOVGIllil'll' and eonnected to said renio 'al le support and direciinmeans to Willi-draw said removable 8111b porl, operate said direeling'means and lW'li said. first mentioned lever in operative relalion tosaid oirenil closing means.

In a coin volleeior for a telephone, a coin (-liuie having lwo divergingehani'iels, suppor a l'or temporarily arri ling a coin above --2il ldiieiging channels one of said supports; living iioinminovalile and illiother removable circuit dosing; JXKIHN operalila by a uoin through l'lieagenoy of iiil 1min removable supporl, llirevling nieanz in (Hill ofsaid diverging channels, an eleciromag not, an armature therefor, andmeans ea ntrolled by Said arnialiire and Ponnr-rfed in said removableHip ort and to said (lira-ling n'ivanS for operating said removablesupport. withdrawing one oi said direelug moans from itz as mintedchannel and looking said circuit rinsing means.

it in a coin collector for a telephone, a (Girl (liiltC having twodiverging l-lianuola, a pivolall supporled lever ])ioje liy1;1' iniosaid iiilltP above Fllld diverging rlr-rnnela. and arranged to lieactuated lo a in, a removable nup iort projei'lin f into said l'li llland eooperaiing with said piv ted, lever 'lor temporarily arresting avoin als re said (ll verging ohannela. (-ireuil rloeing means aw tamedby a (0111 in Sillil temporarily a1 resied position through Said pivotedltViI', coin lirevling means irojwiinn' inio ear-ii "if said divergingeliannela. an i-li-ei'riuna net. an :iiiilalure llierel'or. and a Sfl'fll l lei ai-tnaiied llierelr and provided with lateral projerlions-onnevled lo said removable suport and to said (lll(('tiil;{ means androo u-rating with said ll'd nu-nliouml lever. f r releasing a minremoving one of said lir -fling xiii-ans from its a. :iieil rlianiel andloelmn said first iuvniioned lever in operative relation lo said rirouitrinsing means.

in \i'iiness whereof. I hereunto mhsvrilie inv name this l-llli day ofJuly A. 1)., ii iiz.

Wil iLUiM, l. HQ'YQFORD. Wiinns es:

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